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I, too, cannot have my food touching. Every one teases me. The best invention ever was the separator plate! I also, apparently, touch my food/rim of cup to my top lip before putting it in my mouth/drink from it. I don’t do it with every bite or every sip…but frequently enough where I catch myself doing it…my mom has caught me on occassion as well…

Oops – in my comment, meant to say that my sister always sat to my right in the backseat (to the left would have put her out the window as I was behind the driver’s seat. Not that I didn’t want to do that at times….)

Same for me regarding a clean house for vacation…trash emptied, laundry done and put away, no dishes in sink or drain board, clean bathrooms, etc. It is really nice to have a clean house to come home to.
I also like socks on my feet when I am home…I’ll wear sandals and flip flops all the time, but the minute I get home I need socks on!

You people that need the volume on the TV to be an even number need help. The volume must be an odd number! I never stop at even numbers. And I, too, eat Skittles (only them, not M&Ms) only after dumping the bag out, and sorting the colors, and then going in the proper order, which is purple, red, orange, yellow, green.

Like @SpringFever, I’m listy, and I love to revise. I keep a running grocery list for the week, then re-write it based on where the items are located in the grocery store I plan on shopping at that week.

When I buy “hand fruit” like apples or nectarines, I only buy in odd numbers. Bananas can be puchased in odd *or* even numbers because even though they can be eaten out of hand, they have to be peeled and are not truly hand fruit.

I have an obsession with the “best bite” and will eat my food in such a way that I get the best bite last. This means that I eat my pizza backwards; all the crust on my sandwich before the middle; around the outside of anything on a bun before the middle; if it’s a casserole/pasta/etc dish I will devise a bite that includes a little bit of everything & save it on my plate until last; and I will eat my soft ice cream cone for as long as possible before I nip off the point at the top. Related, I also candy color code, but only for Skittles & Starbursts, and I eat them in the order of the color I like least to the color I like best. So the last bite is the “best bite.”

@52 – I have texture quirks too! I can’t eat yogurt that has any sort of chunks or lumps in it. It is incredibly difficult to find any fruity flavored yogurt that isn’t made for kids and loaded with sugar, that doesn’t have actual pieces of fruit in it! I also love cooking with tomatoes and green peppers, but I refuse to eat them and pick them out of whatever I’ve cooked. Every time I make chicken pizza (chicken, garlic, chunks of green peppers and diced tomatoes) I pull the tomatoes and peppers out and eat the rest. I get weird looks no matter how many times people have seen me do it!

Add me to the list of Skittles/M&M freaks. I sort them by color, determine what color has the least, eat the excess to get them to where there is the same number of each, then proceed to eat one from each color until they are gone.

When I travel and have to stay in a hotel, If it’s a double room I have to take the bed farthest from the door, but I will sleep on the side of the bed that I normally sleep on at home, even if it means being closer to the door in my bed. Also, I have to take any extra pillows and stuff them under the covers around my legs to mimic the sensation of the dogs who curl up in those positions in my own bed.

These are so interesting! Amazing how many people sort their Skittles and M&Ms! I don’t do that myself, but I do have a particular order in which my sandwiches must be assembled: bottom bread, mayo, meat, cheese, veggies, mayo, top bread. If it’s assembled any other way, I will dismantle it and re-organize. Otherwise, the tastes just don’t seem to line up the right way in my mouth!

Also, I have a mild thing with 13′s. If I have $13 in my wallet, I’ll give the extra dollar to my husband or kids. If I know there are 13 steps, I’ll skip the last one. I don’t go looking for them, but if I know they’re there, I’ll avoid 13′s whenever possible.

This is an awesome post! I thought I was weird but I’m just like everyone else! hahaha

1. I can only have crunchy peanut butter! Creamy is disgusting
2. I HATE velvet and can’t be near it…I actually want to throw up thinking about it…and will punch someone if they try to get me to touch it.
3. I can not touch cotton balls….the noise of them makes me nausous, I can however use Q-Tips.
4. I have to have my volume on an even number.
5. At the gym my locker number has to either be 10 or add up to the number 10.
6. My feet have to be covered with blankets while I sleep and can NOT be hanging off the bed
7. When going up stairs that are ‘open’ I have to run up them…for the thought of someone grabbing my ankles from underneath. haha

I also rub my feet together when I go to sleep, can NOT drink from styrofoam, start to break into a cold sweat when my gas tank hits the 1/4 tank mark and have driven back home on more than one accasion because I forgot my watch/earrings/ring.

- I have to fold my towels in a certian way. First into quarters, then thirds. I have also re-folded the towels in family members homes because to me they look sloppy.
- The money in my wallet has to be in filed sequentially, starting with the ones and all have to face forward, right side up.
- When I get an iced beverage, I always make the straw opening bigger so the straw can move about more freely.
- I like to rub satin between my fingers. I don’t know why, maybe it’s calming.

I clean my house before going on vacation – even if it means staying up the night before – love coming home to a clean house.

I have to put hand cream on my hands right after washing and drying them – otherwise they feel too dry to me. Have handcream in almost every room in the house and in my pocketbook and at work. Can’t run out. Come to find out my sisters are the same way.

As a practical matter – I always put the cream in my coffee first (at home) then I don’t have to get out a spoon to stir it.

It also bugs me if the towels are uneven in the bathroom – which is kinda creepy because it reminds me of the movie “Sleeping with the Enemy” – he had to having everything perfect. I don’t think I’m bothered with many other things being in order – just the towels.

1. I cannot eat a whole hot dog – I always leave a piece of the end on my plate.
2. Food cannot touch, unless it is Thanksgiving dinner where there are only three things on my plate and they can touch: stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy.
3. I have saved every cell phone I have ever owned.
4. I have every pair of glasses I have ever owned – 21 years’ worth.
5. I cannot read one book at a time.
6. My alarm clock is 22 minutes fast.
7. I hate the sound of a cell phone ringing or vibrating.
8. I like to play Nintendo….like the first Nintendo ever made.
9. I cannot wear ear buds in my ears – they hurt – a lot.
10. I cannot throw out old bills, graded papers, or greeting cards.
11. I save flowers given to me in church because the thought of burning them weirds me out.
12. I am usually wearing two pairs of glasses in daylight – sunglasses with my regs on my head. In public.
13. I drink Ovaltine.
14. I am always flossing my teeth.
15. I switched the height of my ponytail in fear of going bald.

I think I have about 36 more quirks but this seemed a good place to start…